从Memecoin分类说起,韦氏词典该如何给它下定义?

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-04-05Last updated on 2024-04-05

Abstract

Memecoin需要一个正统的定义。

原文作者:Byron Gilliam

原文编译:Luffy,Foresight News

当理查德·道金斯为他的「文化传播单位」概念寻找一个术语时,他选择了「Meme」——「gene」(表示自我繁殖的能力)和「mimeme」(希腊语,表示「被模仿的东西」)的混合。

道金斯早在 1976 年就创造了这个术语,但直到网络 Meme 出现后它才流行起来, 1998 年韦氏词典这样解释它: 

Meme,名词,[ˈmēm]:一种有趣或有意思的物品(例如带标题的图片或视频)或物品类型,在网上广泛传播,尤其是通过社交媒体。

这一术语的下一次重大演变发生在 2013 年,当时出现了狗狗币(Dogecoin)——一种原本是为了开玩笑而发明的加密货币,后来被认为是第一个「Memecoin(Meme 代币)」。

韦氏词典尚未认可这一开创性术语,这似乎是一个严重疏忽,尤其是他们已经承认了 Meme stocks(Meme 股票):

Meme stocks,名词,[ˈmēm ˈstäk]:由于小投资者的协调努力(例如病毒式社交媒体活动),人气和价格暂时突然飙升的股票。

我不知道该如何解释这一点。我猜是因为 Meme stocks 得到了美国证券交易委员会的批准并在纽约证券交易所和纳斯达克上市,具有合法性(相对而言),而 Memecoin 则没有?

但 Memecoin 的出现早于 Meme stock 近十年。

此外,Memecoin 在各方面都更胜一筹。Memecoin 比 Meme stock 更受欢迎、更有趣、更有价值、数量也更多。

事实证明,它们也更加持久。GameStop 的股价自 2021 年创造了「Meme stock」一词以来,一直在下跌,AMC 的股价今天创下了 3 美元的历史新低,而 Bed Bath 和 Beyond 的股票几个月前就已退市。

相比之下,Memecoin 则再度蓬勃发展。

然而,韦氏词典的象牙塔编纂者们可能没有注意到,狗狗币的市值已回到 270 亿美元(比 2021 年峰值时的 GME 高出 70 亿美元),dogwifhat(WIF)今年上涨了 25 倍,而出生仅七天的 cat in a dogs world 已经价值 6.4 亿美元。

他们也不可能很快关注到这一点,所以我们只能替他们完成工作。

Memecoin 家族树 

不幸的是,我们不能简单地采用 Merriam-Webster 对 Meme stock 的定义,并将「stock」替换为「coin」。 

首先,与 Meme stock 的空头狂热不同,Memecoin 的飙升并非「暂时的」。

Memecoin 的蓬勃发展并不总是「协调努力」或仅仅「小投资者」热情的结果,而且它们并不总是令人愉快。

Memecoin 的种类比 Meme stock 多得多,因此对后者的定义进行改编是不够的。 

那么,为了得到更好的结果,我们必须首先构建一个严格定义的 Memecoin 分类法,包括与道金斯对 Meme 的方法论一致的科学命名约定。

Memecoin 分类

纯 Meme:代币化 Meme 的最纯粹方式,这些代币实际上什么都不做,其价值完全取决于其吸引注意力的能力。(WIF、PEPE)

生产性 Meme:这些代币主要与某个 Meme(比如一张狗的照片)有关,但同时也具有通过某种功能获得的收入而产生的根本价值。(BONK)

实用 Meme:大部分价值源自 Meme 的货币,但同时也具有实用性,因为它们可以用来执行一些链上活动。(FLOKI、SHIB)

原生 Meme:从某个想法中获得价值的代币,也是区块链的原生代币。(DOGE、BTC)

伪装 Meme:声称具有当前或未来盈利能力的代币,但实际上利用了人们对某种趋势的迫切渴望来赚钱。( AI 代币?) 

事实上的 Meme:与 Meme stock 最接近的表亲,具有(或可能具有)实际盈利能力或需求驱动的代币,但其价值至少 90% 归因于相关 Meme。(WLD)

货币 Meme: 货币的价值取决于人们不可证伪的信念,即它是货币。(BTC,黄金)

让 Memecoin 有意义

以下是我向韦氏词典编纂者提交的意见:

Memecoin 名词,[ˈmēm ˈkȯi-n]:部分或全部价值源自 Meme 的加密货币。

在我们为分类法付出大量努力之后,这中表述似乎过于简单,但这正是关键所在。

Memecoin 生态系统远比其名称所暗示的更加多样化,因此它的定义需要足够广泛才能涵盖所有内容,甚至广泛到包括比特币。 

Memecoin 不仅仅是狗、猫以及(最近的)美国总统的照片。

它们很愚蠢,从理智上来说,完全驳斥它们可能是正确的,甚至从方向上来说也可能是正确的。 但风险在于,如果你不了解 Memecoin,那么在很长一段时间内,加密货币对你来说都是没有意义的。

Memecoin 分类法应该有助于理解这一切。

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